አሜሪካንን እያሳደዳት ካለው ጣረ ሞት ተጠንቀቁ! 

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ የትራምፕ ጣረ ሞት አሜሪካንን በማሳደድ ላይ ይገኛል፡፡ ሁለት እምነተ ቢስ ፖሊሶች ሁለት አፍሪካ አሜሪካዊ ዜጎችን ከገደሉ እና አንድ መሳሪያ የታጠቀ ሰው አምስት የዳላስ ፖሊስ ኃላፊዎችን ከገደለ እና ሌሎች ሰባት ሰላማዊ ሰዎችን ካቆሰለ ከቀናት በኋላ ዶናልድ ትራምፕ እራሱን የሕግ እና የስርዓት እጩ አድርጎ በመጥራት ይህንን አሰቃቂ ድርጊት ፖለቲካዊ እንደምታ ያለው ለማድረግ…

Beware the Spectre Haunting America!

Beware the Spectre Haunting America!

A spectre is haunting America- the spectre of Trumpism. Just days after two rogue policemen executed two African American citizens and a lone gunman assassinated 5 Dallas police officers and wounded 7 more, Donald Trump attempted to politicize  the tragedy by calling himself  the “law and order candidate”. Trump proclaimed: We must maintain law and order…

ጥላቻ ጥላቻን፣ ኃይል ኃይልን፣ ሕግ አልባነት ስርዓተ አልበኝነትን ይወልዳል፣

[For an English version of this post, click HERE.] ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም  ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ በዚህ ባለፈው ሳምንት አሜሪካውያን መንፈሳቸውን በሚፈታተን ክስተት ውስጥ ወድቀዋል፡፡ አሜሪካውያን አጅግ በጣም አዝነዋል፡፡ አሜሪካውያን በጥንቃቄ በማሰብ ስቃይ ውስጥ ተዘፍቀው ይገኛሉ፡፡ ሁለት አፍሪካ አሜሪካውያን ዜጎች በሁለት እምነተ ቢስ የፖሊስ ኃላፊዎች ጭካኔ በተሞላበት ሁኔታ መገደላቸውን ተመልክተናል፡፡ እምነተ ቢስ የፖሊስ ኃላፊዎች የሚለውን ሀረግ ላሰምርበት…

“Hate Begets Hate; Violence Begets Violence” and Lawlessness Begets Anarchy

“Hate Begets Hate; Violence Begets Violence” and Lawlessness Begets Anarchy

This past week Americans underwent a trial by fire in their souls. Americans are mourning. Americans are in shock. Americans are in soul-searching agony. We witnessed the cold-blooded execution of two African American citizens by two rogue police officers. I want to underscore: Rogue police officers. We witnessed the cold-blooded assassination of 5 police officers…

የ1776 ዓ.ም. የአሜሪካ ነጻነትን ያበሰረዉን መግለጫ በማወደስ፣

የ1776 ዓ.ም. የአሜሪካ ነጻነትን ያበሰረዉን መግለጫ በማወደስ፣

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም  ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ  “አንድ  ተደናቂን  ነገር አስመስሎ  መስራት  ከልክ ያለፈ የሙገሳ መግለጫ እውነተኛ ባህሪ ነው“ የሚል የቆየ አባባል አለ፡፡ ስለዚህ፣  ይህ ትችትም  እኔ የአሜሪካ የነጻነት መግለጫ  ተመሳሳይ ጥሁፍ  በሙገሳ  መልክ  ይታይልኝ  ፡፡ እ.ኤ.አ ሀምሌ 4/1776 የእንግሊዝ በአሜሪካ ያሉት የቅኝ ግዛቶች የ ነጻነት መግለጫቸዉን  (በትክክለኛው ቃል ለመግለጽ የትጥቅ ትግል ጥሪ በማቅረብ)  በ ሁለተኛው አህጉራዊ ጉባኤ (ኮንግረስ ) ለዓለም ህዝብ አበሰሩ ፡፡ በእኔ አመለካከት የነፃነት መግለጫ…

A Tribute to the Declaration of Independence — 1776

A Tribute to the Declaration of Independence — 1776

The old saying is, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Well, this is my sincerest expression of flattery to the American Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress (which managed the American revolution and set a course for independence) adopted the Declaration of Independence (more appropriately, issued a call to…

Why Diaspora Ethiopians Must Engage in Human Rights Advocacy

Why Diaspora Ethiopians Must Engage in Human Rights Advocacy

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”  Elie Wiesel Lately, I have been talking to some young Ethiopian Diaspora activists in the U.S. about their views on the human rights situation in Ethiopia. The consistent response I have gotten is a question: “Why…

የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ተስፋ ሊኖረው ይችላልን?

የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ተስፋ ሊኖረው ይችላልን?

ከፕሮፌሰር አለማየሁ ገብረማርያም ትርጉም በነጻነት ለሀገሬ እ.ኤ.አ ሚያዝያ 2014 “ለአፍሪካ ተስፋ ሊኖረው ይችላልን?“ በሚል ርዕስ አንድ ትችት ጽፌ ነበር፡፡ ያንን ትችት የጻፍኩት ባለፉት ጥቂት አስርት ዓመታት ውስጥ ተንሰራፍቶ በሚገኘው እና ማቆሚያ በሌለው በአፍሪካ ሰው ሰራሽ ቀውስ ምክንያት ምንም ዓይነት ተስፋ የሌለኝ በመሆኑ ነበር፡፡ እ.ኤ.አ ሚያዝያ 2014 የመካከለኛው አፍሪካ ሬፐብሊክ (መአሬ) አውዳሚ በሆነ የጎሳ-ኃይማኖት የዘር ማጥፋት…

Does (the Horn of) Africa Have Hope?

Does (the Horn of) Africa Have Hope?

In April 2014, I wrote a  commentary entitled, “Is there Any Hope for Africa?” I wrote that commentary despairing over the endless man-made disasters in Africa over the past couple of decades. In April 2014, the Central African Republic (CAR) was in the throes of a deadly ethno-religious cleansing campaign. In April 2014, South Sudan, Africa’s…

Affirmative Action Must Be Affirmative Inclusion

Affirmative Action Must Be Affirmative Inclusion

On June 23, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Fischer v. Texas that the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) program which considered race, among many other factors, in undergraduate admissions is constitutional. The outcome of the Fisher case was in great doubt in December 2015 when I wrote a  commentary entitled, “The Soft Bigotry and Hard Hubris…